Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 December 2004
68 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department received the study prepared by the Health Research Board on the health implications of waste incineration; when he intends to publish his response to the study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32667/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe preparation by my Department, and the Department of Health and Children, of a response to the Health Research Board study has taken longer than originally anticipated. The delay arose due to the need to consider also a more recently published report by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Review of Environmental and Health Effects of Waste Management. This study looked at cancer, respiratory diseases and birth defects and found no evidence for a link between the incidence of the diseases and the current generation of incinerators. I intend that a response to the HRB report will be published early in 2005.
